Am Thursday, dem 01. Dec 2005 schrieb Hanno Böck: > I hope this is the right place for such a question. > > While I was discussing a free software project with a friend, we came to the > question how to name our project. > > The problem: It's nearly impossible to find a name that isn't used somewhere > else.
Huh? There are so many letters in the alphabeth... > And even if the name is absolutely new, you can't be sure if someone > thinks that it sounds similar to something else. > > Now, how can someone be sure to choose a name for a project and that I won't > be sued for it? > As there were a lot of strange lawsuits because of project names (e.g. the > mobilix-case), it seems nearly impossible to be safe with it. I think the mobilix people wanted it to sound similar. Well, even if something sounds similar, it's always a question, wheather somebody sues you or not. If you want your program to sound similar to something from a completely different field, you could also ask for permission. Maybe the others even see it as a kind of advertisement for their product - who knows. > Any suggestions about that? gooooogle... -- AKFoerster
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